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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 2d

You can support Lavish Roots workers here: local8.org/tell-lavish

UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 2d

No one should have to choose between saying goodbye to a loved one and keeping their job. That's why Lavish Roots dining workers like Odine are organizing the union at Meta's Washington campus.

Tell LAvish Roots:
Respect US “This spring, I got a call that my mother was likely in her last days of life. I had very little accrued leave time, so I was going to get attendance points for every day of work that I missed to go be with her. But because she is my mother, I had to see her. While I stayed with her, I was so worried about my job that I called and asked HR if I could use bereavement leave to cover the time I was away. They told me no – I could only use it after she passed. Grief and loss of a parent is hard enough; on top of that, I had to worry about losing my job. I’m organizing to win our union because no one should have to face the disrespect I experienced at the time I lost my mother.” Odine Valente,
Lead Prep Cook

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 6d

Dining workers from Lavish Roots at Meta met with Bellevue deputy mayor Mo Malakoutian to discuss why they are organizing to join our union and why the City of Bellevue should support workers' right to organize. Thank you for standing with Washington workers!

Lavish roots workers meet with Bellevue deputy mayor Mo Malakoutian

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 10d

Sign our petition! local8.org/tell-lavish

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 10d

Lavish Roots dining workers at Meta facilities in Washington are organizing to join our union -- and facing a fierce anti-union campaign from management. Tell Lavish Roots: Respect Our Rights!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 14d

Last week, dining workers from Lavish Roots at Meta thanked Redmond city council for standing up for workers' rights, and asked for its continued support. Tell Lavish Roots: Respect Our Rights! local8.org/tell-lavish

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 26d

Yesterday we leafletted Meta office staff in Bellevue and asked them to support their Lavish Roots dining workers, who are organizing a union. The response was great--they have our backs! If you know a Meta employee, send them our survey here: local8.org/metasurvey

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great news and victory for hospitality workers in LA!

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Sep 8

The hotel and airline bankrolled challenge to the Olympic wage *did not qualify* for the ballot according to the LA County Registrar.

This means the city’s Olympic wage ordinance , $25/hour beginning this year and $30/hour by 2028, goes into effect for tourism workers immediately

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ALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF LOS ANGELES
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CERTIFICATION OF INSUFFICIENCY
REFERENDUM PETITION TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 188610
I, PETTY F. SANTOS, Interim City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles, hereby certify to the Los
Angeles City Council: that the signatures submitted with the Referendum Petition referenced above have been examined by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (County Registrar); that based on the County Registrar's examination, the Referendum Petition does not contain the number of valid signatures of registered voters of the City required under City Charter Section 461(a) and therefore the Referendum Petition is INSUFFICIENT; and that the attached summary from the County Registrar represents a true, correct, and complete summary of the County Registrar's examination of the Referendum Petition.
Ordinance No. 188610 shall take effect upon the date of this Certification pursuant to City
Charter Section 461(c).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the City of Los Angeles
this 8th day of September, 2025.
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PETTY F. SANTOS
INTERIM CITY CLERK
for,

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
September 5, 2025
Jinny Pak, Division Manager
City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Clerk, Election and BIDS Division
555 Ramirez Street, Space 300
Los Angeles, California 90012
Dear Jinny Pak:
We have completed the signature verification submitted on July 9, 2025, for A Referendum Petition Seeking to Overturn Ordinance 188610 Increasing Wages and Healthcare Benefits for Hotel and Airport Workers and Hotel Worker Training.

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Please call Tiffany Olsen, Head, Data Entry and Signature Verification at
(562) 462-2376 if you have any questions regarding the signature verification of this petition.
Jerome Jordan to
EAN C. LOGAN
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
County of Los Angeles
Digitally Signed using ClerkSign (Document: 0231ca68-45cd-4287-b48a-3c7128bf5cbd

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jorgebaron.bsky.social @jorgebaron.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was glad to join dozens of elected leaders around the region as a signatory of this letter in support of food service workers at local Meta offices in Bellevue and Redmond.

UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Sep 5

BREAKING: 40 elected leaders sent a letter to Lavish Roots and Meta urging them to be neutral and respect workers’ desire to form a union. Over 200 Lavish workers who prepare and serve meals for Meta employees in WA state are organizing, and our elected leaders have our backs!

DEAR MR. ZUCKERBERG, META LEADERSHIP, AND MR. LAVIELLE,
We are writing as elected leaders representing communities in the Puget Sound region at
various levels of government. We urge you to remain neutral and respect the desire expressed
by food service workers at Meta offices in Bellevue and Redmond, WA, who are employed by
Lavish Roots, to organize a union without fear, intimidation and employer interference.
Many of the workers preparing and serving food and drink to Meta employees are our
constituents and we support them as they organize for basic safety, stability, equality and
respect. We believe that unions are essential in ensuring that working people in the service
industry have a path to sustaining themselves in a region that is faced with a rise in the cost of
living and income inequality.
We are looking forward to working collaboratively with you on this issue. Please don’t hesitate
to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Sincerely,

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Rebecca Saldaña @rebeccasaldana1.bsky.social · Sep 6

I join with 40 elected asking META and Lavish to respect the right of workers to organize. #DemocracyMatters bsky.app/profile/unit...

UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Sep 5

BREAKING: 40 elected leaders sent a letter to Lavish Roots and Meta urging them to be neutral and respect workers’ desire to form a union. Over 200 Lavish workers who prepare and serve meals for Meta employees in WA state are organizing, and our elected leaders have our backs!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Sep 5

BREAKING: 40 elected leaders sent a letter to Lavish Roots and Meta urging them to be neutral and respect workers’ desire to form a union. Over 200 Lavish workers who prepare and serve meals for Meta employees in WA state are organizing, and our elected leaders have our backs!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Aug 29

Dining workers have asked Lavish and Meta to remain neutral and respect their right to organize. Support us here!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Lavish Roots and Meta: Respect cafeteria workers’ right to organize a union!

Food service workers who prepare and serve meals for Meta employees in Washington state are organizing a union. Show your support and sign the petition to call on Lavish Roots and Meta to remain neutr...

actionnetwork.org

UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you Congresswoman Jayapal for listening to Lavish Roots workers who cook and serve food at Meta! For Abdul, a dishwasher, “This letter demonstrates that the concerns we face are not ours alone. It lends us the courage that we must summon every day to transform our lives.”

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. LaVielle, and Ms. Seth:
I recently learned that Lavish Roots employees are organizing a union with UNITE HERE Local 8. These
workers prepare and serve meals for workers at Meta Platforms offices in Seattle, Bellevue, and
Redmond.
I have heard from my constituents that they are asking for higher wages to meet the cost of living, better
and more affordable healthcare, and standards to promote safety, stability, equality and respect on the job.
I have also heard that workers have called on Lavish Roots and Meta Platforms to remain neutral in this
process and respect workers’ right to organize.
Given that it is the policy of the United States to facilitate collective bargaining under the National Labor
Relations Act (NLRA), I respectfully urge you to work collaboratively with UNITE HERE Local 8 and
bargain in good faith to reach a fair contract in a timely manner if the union is recognized.
It is my belief that coming to a timely agreement will benefit both parties involved. I will continue to
follow this process closely and appreciate your attention to this pressing matter.
Sincerely,
________________________
PRAMILA JAYAPAL
Member of Congress

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 21

Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel.

Now she's a member of HTC.

Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Aug 8

We’re speaking out today at SeaTac to tell Alaska Airlines that NO airline catering worker should have to choose between paying their bills or getting medical treatment!

IT’S OUR TURN for equal wages and fair benefits!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dawson, a Lavish Roots worker at Meta, is organizing because she doesn't get paid enough and can't afford to go see a doctor.

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 29

Fraxinella, a Lavish Roots worker at Meta, says she's organizing a union because of the high cost of living.

Lavish Roots food service workers make less than workers doing the same jobs at Google, Microsoft, and even other Meta cafeterias!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 25

Juliet, a Lavish Roots worker of six and half years at Meta, says "I can't buy a house. I cant afford my surgeries that I need on my hands and on my knees."

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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · Jul 25

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨Breaking!🚨

Workers who serve food to tech employees at Meta cafeterias in Washington are demanding a union. Workers make less than workers doing the same jobs at Google, Microsoft, and even other Meta cafeterias!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 25

Johanna, a Lavish Roots worker at Meta, talks about why she wants a union.

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sign the following petition to tell Lavish Roots to respect their workers' right to organize:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Photo of Lavish Roots workers rallying outside of Meta in Bellevue.

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨Breaking!🚨

Workers who serve food to tech employees at Meta cafeterias in Washington are demanding a union. Workers make less than workers doing the same jobs at Google, Microsoft, and even other Meta cafeterias!

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mlklabor.bsky.social @mlklabor.bsky.social · Jul 11

After tough negotiations and threatening to strike, Edgewater Hotel workers unanimously ratified a new contract with $9 raises and improved workload protections.

Way to go @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social! 🎉

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨Breaking: Edgewater Hotel workers unanimously ratified a new contract with $9 in raises over the contract, increased pension, fair workload protections, and improved vacation and holiday benefits. Congrats!

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · Jun 30

Edgewater workers picketed at 7am outside the
hotel. One day longer, one day stronger!

Edgewater workers have voted to authorize a strike.

Photo of Edgewater workers picket line with signs reading One Job Should Be Enough.

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